Graduate Profile

Graduates of the Department of Political Science will have strong command of all three thrust areas of Political Science, namely its normative, scientific, and advocacy functions. They will also be in possession of a range of transferable skills and competencies that would render them adaptable in many professional environments including, but not limited to the public sector, non-profit organisations, and the corporate sector. They will have strong independent initiative, but also be flexible team players capable of achieving goals individually and collectively.

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Graduate Attributes

• Excellent command of the subject matter
• Strong independent initiative
• Flexible team player
• Transferable skills and competencies
• Research capacity for innovation and development
• Critical reasoning
• Values and ethics that would translate well in many professions
• Multicultural competence
• Confidence
• Global citizens with a cosmopolitan outlook
• Ethical human being capable of aesthetic appreciation and empathetic understanding
• Lifelong learner